German Airport Bomb Kills 2

June 19, 1985|United Press International

FRANKFURT, WEST GERMANY — A huge bomb blasted the international departure terminal at Frankfurt Airport today, killing at least two people and injuring 24. Police searching the airport defused a second bomb.

The explosion went off at 2:42 p.m., shattering every window in the sprawling terminal, authorities said. Two people -- including a child -- were killed and 24 were injured. Four of the injured, including another child, were reported in serious condition.

``It`s a picture of devastation,`` said a witness.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing.

A fleet of ambulances and a rescue helicopter were summoned to the airport, 10 miles south of downtown Frankfurt and adjacent to the sprawling Rhein-Main U.S. Air Base.

An airport spokesman said the blast was apparently caused by a bomb.

An airport spokesman cited a waste paper basket near the checking counter of Lufthansa -- the German airline -- as the source of the explosion. The blast left a hole 3 feet in diamater diameter in the marble floor.

Police searched the devastated terminal after the blast and found a second bomb not far from where the first blast went off. It was defused.